History of Philosophy Audio Archive

It's not easy being a gay brain-sex icon and a straight brain-sex icon at the same time but ya boi Byron did it. Part 1 of 2. Poll in the thing for the next topic. I will abide by the results.Come join the Patreon!https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreonAlso, I decided Richard and I's biographical series is gonna be called "Bad Role Models" since that seems to be the theme... Also "Behind the Bastards" was already taken.Citations:Malcolm McDowell Movie "If...." (1968)Byron: Life and Legend by Fiona MacCarthyTchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Anna Fedorova and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie led by Yves Abel (Creative Commons, version I used here)IMHO the 1958 version with Van Cliburn and Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony on RCA is best.

Get full, official episodes of Documentary Doctors on the Shiny New Spotify Feed (coming soon) - you can watch The Riot Report on KanopySupport good causes:Please consider donating to Gaza relief through the Sameer Project: https://linktr.ee/thesameerprojectGaza Family Aid per Michael Scott Judge / Death Is Just Around the Corner Podcast:"Rulin and Amjad, and of course their families (including Amjad's sick baby sister), have only one foot planted in the realm of the living, and that foot loses ground every day." (Donate to support their families)Support us:Sabrina PatreonWill PatreonMusic by Max John, Schubert, "Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major" - Creative Commons License, YouTube.Sources Mentioned in This Episode:I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck)Link: IMDb - I Am Not Your NegroSummary: This critically acclaimed documentary by Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, using Baldwin's words to explore the history of racism in the United States through the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. It powerfully connects the past to the present, revealing the enduring legacy of racial injustice.The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Isabel Wilkerson)Link: Goodreads - The Warmth of Other SunsSummary: Isabel Wilkerson's Pulitzer Prize-winning book chronicles the decades-long Great Migration of six million African Americans from the Jim Crow South to the North and West. Through the personal stories of three individuals, it illuminates the motivations, challenges, and profound impact of this internal exodus on American society.The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)Link: Goodreads - The Fire Next TimeSummary: Published in 1963, this powerful book by James Baldwin consists of two essays that deeply examine race in America during the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin's work is a passionate and personal exploration of the consequences of racial injustice, urging both Black and white Americans to confront the nation's racial legacy.Killers of the Dream (Lillian Smith)Link: Goodreads - Killers of the DreamSummary: Lillian Smith's influential 1949 work offers a profound critique of segregation and its psychological impact on both white and Black Southerners. Smith, a white Southern liberal, bravely dissects the origins and effects of racism, arguing that it corrupts the human spirit and hinders societal progress.Kerner CommissionLink: Wikipedia - Kerner CommissionSummary: Established in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kerner Commission investigated the causes of the widespread race riots that erupted across American cities. Its 1968 report famously concluded that the nation was "moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal," pointing to systemic racism and lack of opportunity as root causes.Office of Law Enforcement Assistance (1965-1968) / Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (1968-1982)Link: Wikipedia - Office of Justice Programs (See section on Office of Law Enforcement Assistance)Summary: The Office of Law Enforcement Assistance, and its successor the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, were federal agencies created to provide financial and technical assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies. These acts significantly shaped the modernization and militarization of police forces in the latter half of the 20th century.G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century (Beverly Gage)Link: Goodreads - G-ManSummary: Beverly Gage's comprehensive biography of J. Edgar Hoover explores his unprecedented forty-eight-year tenure as director of the FBI and his profound impact on American governance, policing, and political culture. The book reveals how Hoover wielded immense power, shaped by his conservative values and deep-seated anticommunism and white supremacy.

Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_VirtuePatreon for Supporters/Fans:https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreonGregory Sadler:https://www.miad.edu/faculty/gregory-sadler

Check out the Documentary!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RwLdIiZk_8Sabrina's Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/notetoselfzine.bsky.socialWill Patreon:https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonBooks and Sources Mentioned:Black Skins, White Masks, and The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Algerian Revolutionary Psychoanalyst)The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Life of Frantz Fanon by Adam Shatz (About Fanon)Congo, Inc by Marjolijn de JagerThe Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played the World by Hugh WilfordAlso by Wilford: The CIA: An Imperial HistoryKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildPoisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen KinzerRelated, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'NeillMalcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable (cited by Sabrina)Documentary about SS Officer turned NATO Commando: "Der Lachende Mann"MusicAlbum: Ballads (1963) by John ColtraneIntro Piano Music: Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major perf. Max JohnNina Simone: See Line Woman (Live 1989, GDR, Creative Commons)Nina Simone: My Way (same as above)

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Patreon/Tip Jar: ⁠https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreon⁠Table of Contents Below >>>Original Course Listing on YouTube:⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA18FAF1AD9047B0⁠Buy Prof. Kagan's Book on Death:https://a.co/d/8FnPcW1About the Course (Yale)There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined. What does it mean to say that a person has died? What kind of fact is that? And, finally, different attitudes to death are evaluated. Is death an evil? How? Why? Is suicide morally permissible? Is it rational? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life?Link to Syllabus/Readings and Course Description:https://oyc.yale.edu/death/phil-176This course has 26 lectures - these (169a) are the first 13, in order. The forthcoming 169b will contain the back half. Shelly says 1-13 are about metaphysics of death, and 14-26 are about value theory of death.Chapters(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:57) Course Introduction(00:45:47) The Nature of Persons(01:23:52) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul I(02:05:09) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul II: Plato's Phaedo(02:47:38) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul III: Free Will and Near-Death Experiences(03:30:56) Arguments for the Existence of the Soul IV: Plato Part 1(04:03:00) Plato Part II(04:44:30) Plato Part III(05:26:55) Plato Part IV(06:09:08) Personal Identity Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul Theory(06:49:07) Personal Identity Part II: Body and Personality Theory(07:33:58) Personal Identity Part III: Objections to the Personality Theory(08:17:42) Personal Identity Part IV: What Matters?(08:58:21) Schubert Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major performed by Max John, CC License, YouTube-//-

Support the Rebel Alliance: https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreonPeople Mentioned:Mahmoud KhalilMaria LugonesByung-Chul HanLars von Trier (dir. Melancholia, 2011)Hannah ArendtTyson YunkaportaConcepts:Kenosis (self-emptying)Books:Putnam, Bowling AloneNews/References:Zinc Mine in Georgia/https://thecurrentga.org/2025/06/20/okefenokee-mine-sale-conservation-fund/Minister of Loneliness UKhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/minister-loneliness-appointed-united-kingdom-180967883/Guy dies in ICE Facilityhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/us-ice-detention-deathsFinger Shot Off (graphic)https://www.resetera.com/threads/los-angeles-police-blew-off-my-finger-for-protesting-ice-content-warning-amputation.1233627/ChatGPT Datacenter Depletes Groundwaterhttps://energytheory.com/chatgpts-thirsty-data-centers-are-draining-water-resources/Peter Thiel/Greta Thunberg Interviewhttps://archive.ph/HTIF6Palestinian Youth Movement and Mask off Maerskhttps://www.maskoffmaersk.com/Andrew Callaghan Channel Five Uranium Minehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcPsy8734Vg&pp=ygUlYW5kcmV3IGNhbGxhZ2hhbiBjaGFubmVsIGZpdmUgdXJhbml1bQ%3D%3D

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Buy Sarah's Book:https://a.co/d/6zROOvVSarah's Socials:Website: https://www.sarahscoles.com/books.htmlBsky: https://bsky.app/profile/sarahscoles.bsky.socialPatreon:https://patreon.com/c/HemlockPatreonREFERENCES:Trump Golden Dome Cost ProjectionSDI / Star Wars in the 1980s with ReaganCosts associated with SENTINEL and ICBM UpgradesFallout and Downwinders, Thyroid Cancer, Nevada Test SiteContact: A Novel by Carl SaganBeethoven's 13th String QuartetYear Zero - Rob ReidHegemony or Survival - Noam ChomskyRussell-Einstein Manifesto on Abolition of War/NukesKellogg/Briand Pact 1928 Abolishing WarOperation Able Archer 83CHROMEDOME/Goldsboro B-52 Crash in NCPalomares Incident in SpainCarnegie Corporation Psychologists:-Moran Cerf-Paul Slovic

At long last, Book 4 of the 5-book masterpiece, De Consolatione de Philosophiae by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius. Translated by W. V. Cooper, critical edition by Goins and Wyman.I would describe this one as "a comfy doozy slightly too close to home."Enjoy~